You get that one of the big issues here is separating children from their parents (I know you're not one of those, "They committed a crime, they must be separated types), losing track of which children go to which parents, having these people live in literal cages and then denying them proper food, medicine, sanitary items, right?

There is a larger problem that has to be solved and I don't pretend anyone is going to solve it any time soon.

There is the smaller problem that I outlined above which is actually really solvable. And no, it being intentional and a deterrent isn't good enough.